Cosmopolitan National Bank v. Village of Mount Prospect

The village of Mount Prospect appeals directly from a decree of the circuit court of Cook County which held the village’s zoning ordinance unconstitutional as applied to plaintiffs’ property. Legal title to the property is held by the Cosmopolitan National Bank of Chicago as trustee for Meyer Kushner and Abraham Kushner and their wives. It is zoned "R-2,” and the permitted uses are single-family and duplex residences. In this action by the bank and the beneficiaries the court issued an injunction to restrain the enforcement of the ordinance on the ground that it is invalid Insofar as it…